Onimasa (鬼龍院花子の生涯, Kiryūin hanako no shōgai) is a 1982 Japanese film directed by Hideo Gosha. Based on the novel of Tomiko Miyao.[1] It was Japan's submission to the 55th Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, but was not accepted as a nominee.[2]
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| Japanese name | |||||
| Kanji | 鬼龍院花子の生涯 | ||||
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| Directed by | Hideo Gosha | ||||
| Starring | Tatsuya Nakadai Masako Natsume Akiko Nakamura Akiko Kana Mari Natsuki Kei Yamamoto Isao Natsuyagi Tetsurō Tamba Shima Iwashita | ||||
| Distributed by | Toei | ||||
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Running time | 146 minutes | ||||
| Country | Japan | ||||
| Language | Japanese | ||||
Cast edit
- Tatsuya Nakadai as Masagoro Kiryuin - Onimasa
- Masako Natsume as Matsue Kiryuin
- Shima Iwashita as Uta Kiryuin
- Tetsurō Tamba as Uichi Suda, The Big Boss
- Tatsuo Umemiya as Masaru Yamane
- Kaori Tagasugi as Hanako Kiryuin
- Akiko Kana as Tsuru
- Kōji Yakusho as Kondō
- Emi Shindō as Emiwaka, 2nd Mistress
- Akiko Nakamura as Botan, 3rd Mistress
- Mari Natsuki as Akio, Opponent's Mistress
- Seizō Fukumoto
- Masahiko Tanimura as Shirai Zenhichi
- Torahiko Hamada as DR.Katō
- Naoya Makoto as Gondō
- Ryōhei Uchida as Suenaga
- Mikio Narita as Tsujihara
- Eitaro Ozawa as Genichiro Tanabe
Production edit
- Yoshinobu Nishioka - Art director[3]
Release edit
Onimasa was distributed in the United States in October 1985 with English-subtitles.[4]
Awards and nominations edit
- Won: Best Actress - Masako Natsume
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "デジタル大辞泉プラス「鬼龍院花子の生涯」の解説". kotobank. Retrieved September 25, 2021.
- ^ "List of Japanese films nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film" (in Japanese). Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan. Retrieved 2008-06-22.
- ^ "鬼龍院花子の生涯". Moviewalker. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
- ^ Klain, Jane, ed. (1989). International Motion Picture Almanac for 1989 (60 ed.). Quigley Publishing Company, Inc. p. 445. ISBN 0-900610-40-9.
- ^ ブルーリボン賞ヒストリー (in Japanese). Cinema Hochi. Archived from the original on 2008-10-23. Retrieved 2010-01-20.
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